Alaska Unit 7:caribou draw odds & harvest
3 hunt codes for caribou. 2025: 5 tags, 3,952 applicants per hunt.
Alaska · Unit 7
Unit 7Neighbor units
At a glance
Caribou hunt codes
3
Drawing permit hunt
Tags · 2025
5
across 1 hunt
Applicants · 2025
3,952
790 per tag
Harvest success 3-yr
0–17%
Compare species at a glance
Hunt codes
Best draw odds
- Moose1% drew
- Dall sheepNo draw result yet
- Caribou5% drew
Harvest success, 3 yr
- Moose53–58%
- Dall sheep0–50%
- Caribou0–17%
Hardest draw in Unit 72025 draw
DC0015 tags, 3,952 applied, under 1% drew.
One of Alaska's hardest caribou draws: 1st hardest of 12 in 2025.
Hunt codes
Caribou huntsin Unit 7
Whole-hunt draw results: applicants, tags and the share that drew.
| Hunt code | What it is | Draw result · 2025 | Tags | Success 3-yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC001 | drawing permit hunt · Aug 10–Sep 207, Kenai Mtns. | <1% drew of 3,952 | 5 | 0–17% |
| DC485 | 7, Kenai Mtns. | 1% drew of 40,456 | 500 | 22–62% |
| YC495 | 7, Kenai Mtns. | 5% drew of 3,814 | 200 | 24–72% |
Some hunt codes cover several units; the hunt page lists them all.
Harvest
How hunters didin Unit 7.
Harvest success by hunt, 2019–2025
% successDC0010–17%
17%
17%
0%
14%
0%
17%
0%
2019202020212022202320242025
DC48522–66%
66%
62%
42%
22%
2019202020212022
YC49524–77%
77%
72%
40%
24%
2019202020212022
45%+28–45%Under 28%
Before you apply
- Application fee
- “For black bear, brown bear, caribou, elk, moose, mountain goat, and Dall sheep hunts, the fee is $5.”
- Deadline
- “Group coordinators may apply beginning Oct. 1 and ending Dec. 15, 2026 at 5 p.m.”
- Tag fee
- “Caribou.......................................$650”
- Points
- “A computer then randomly assigns a “draw number” to each hunt on each valid application.”
Rules for 2027.
Map & access
Unit 7and the units around it
Neighbors with a FarWide page open on click.
Public land & access
Each program opens on the state's site. Check on-the-ground signage.
Offline maps
Take Unit 7into your map app
Opens in onX, Gaia GPS, CalTopo, Google Earth, and Garmin. Works offline in those apps.
Members
Unit 7 hunt pack
One file, layered: the unit boundary, with each caribou hunt's draw odds and harvest success attached to the unit.
- Unit boundary
- Draw odds per hunt
- Harvest success per hunt
Unit 7 · DC001
<1% drew of 3,952
Success0–17%
Ask FarWide
Answers use the same figures as this page.
Source: ADF&G